2016 IFA Shield

The 2016 IFA Shield (officially known as the LG IFA Shield 2016[1][2] for sponsorship reasons) was the 120th edition of the IFA Shield. The tournament is designed as a U19 youth football tournament since 2015.

2016 IFA Shield
LG IFA Shield 2016
Country India
Dates16 February - 6 March 2016
Teams10
Champions Tata Football Academy
Runners-up AIFF Elite Academy
Matches played23
Goals scored83 (3.61 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Francis Baptiste
Baoringdao Bodo (6 Goals)
Best player Baoringdao Bodo
← 2015
2017 →
All statistics correct as of 7 March 2016.

This year ten football clubs going to participate including two overseas football clubs. The winners of LG IFA Shield was awarded with an amount of ₹ 5 Lakhs, while the second seeded team will get an amount of ₹ 3 Lakhs.[3]

The tournament was managed by Ekalavya Sports Foundation, run by former international Kalyan Chaubey and other TFA graduates.[3]

Tata Football Academy became the champions of the tournament by beating AIFF Elite Academy on 6 March 2016 which was played at Mohun Bagan Ground. The score was even 2–2 during the regulation time. After extra time match ended 3–2 in the favour of Tata Football Academy. Shubham Ghosh was awarded the man of the match and Baoringdao Bodo player of the tournament.[4]

Venue

Most of the matches were held at East Bengal Ground and Mohun Bagan Ground while Kalyani Stadium and Barasat Stadium were the other venues.[3]

Qualifying Round

Four teams played in knockout format. The winner of the knockouts qualified for the final phase of the tournament.

 
QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinals
 
          
 
12 February 2016
 
 
Tata Football Academy4
 
13 February 2016
 
Southern Samity0
 
Tata Football Academy1
 
11 February 2016
 
Aryan0
 
Aryan0(7)
 
15 February 2016
 
NB Rainbow0(6)
 
Tata Football Academy3
 
11 February 2016
 
Bengal Football Academy1
 
Tollygunge Agragami1
 
13 February 2016
 
Bengal Football Academy8
 
Bengal Football Academy3
 
11 February 2016
 
Pathachakra0
 
Pathachakra6
 
 
Bhawanipore0
 

* Tata Football Academy qualified for final phase of 2016 IFA U19 Shield.

Final Phase

All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) – UTC+05:30.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tata Football Academy 4 4 0 0 10 2 +8 12 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Crystal Palace 4 3 0 1 10 5 +5 9
3 East Bengal 4 2 0 2 4 3 +1 6
4 Salgaocar 4 1 0 3 4 11 −7 3
5 United 4 0 0 4 3 10 −7 0
Source: IFA Shield 2016
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result .

Fixtures and Results
16 February 2016 East Bengal 2–1 UnitedBarasat Stadium
17:30 Arup Roy  49'
Budhwa Bara  70'		 Report  33' (pen.) Sandip Bhattacharjee
17 February 2016 Salgaocar 1–4 Tata Football AcademyKalyani Stadium
14:30 Ronaldo Oliveira  90+1' Report  34' Md Firoz Khan
 52' Subham Ghosh
 70' Mobashir Rahman
 90+2' Seino Kuki
19 February 2016 United 1–2 SalgaocarKalyani Stadium
14:30 Sandip Bhattacharjee  90+1' Report  44', 90+2' Liston Colaco
19 February 2016 East Bengal 0–1 Tata Football AcademyBarasat Stadium
16:30 Report  45+1' Mobashir Rahaman
21 February 2016 United 0–2 Tata Football AcademyKalyani Stadium
14:30 Report  2' Rakesh Yadav
 29' Billu Teli
23 February 2016 Salgaocar 1–4 Crystal PalaceBarasat Stadium
17:30 Tristaw Falcao  72' Report  12', 56' Levi Lumeka
 27' Francis Baptiste
 86' Kian Flanagan
25 February 2016 Crystal Palace 1–3 Tata Football AcademyKalyani Stadium
14:30 Victor Fundi  6' Report  23' (pen.), 54' Shubham Ghosh
 45+3' Md. Firoz Khan
25 February 2016 East Bengal 2–0 SalgaocarBarasat Stadium
16:30 Arup Roy  65', 75' Report
27 February 2016 United 1–4 Crystal PalaceBarasat Stadium
16:30 Sandip Bhattacharjee Report  7', 48', 55' Francis Baptiste
 90+4' Levi Lumeka
29 February 2016 East Bengal 0–1 Crystal PalaceBarasat Stadium
16:30 Report  70' Francis Baptiste

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 AIFF U19 4 4 0 0 17 5 +12 12 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Frenz United 4 3 0 1 11 6 +5 9
3 DSK Academy 4 2 0 2 10 7 +3 6
4 Mohun Bagan 4 0 1 3 1 8 −7 1
5 Mohammedan 4 0 1 3 3 14 −11 1
Source: IFA Shield 2016
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result .

Fixtures and Results
16 February 2016 AIFF U19 4–3 DSK AcademyBarasat Stadium
14:30 Prosenjit Chakraborty  59'
Bedashwor Singh  77'
Boaringdao Bodo  80'
Anirudh Thapa  89'		 Report  5' Lallianzuala Chhangte
 9' Lalruatpuia
 63' Gagandeep Singh
18 February 2016 Mohammedan 1–1 Mohun BaganBarasat Stadium
16:30 Kamal Roy  45+1' Report  76' Amit Gayen
20 February 2016 Mohammedan 0–3 DSK AcademyKalyani Stadium
14:30 Report  36' Prasanth K
 43', 51' Lallianzuala Chhangte
22 February 2016 Mohun Bagan 0–4 AIFF U19Barasat Stadium
14:30 Report  11' Amal Das
 22' (pen.) Edmund Lalrindika
 57' Prosenjit Chakraborty
 63' Jerry Lalrinzuala
22 February 2016 DSK Academy 2–3 Frenz UnitedBarasat Stadium
17:30 Lallianzuala Chhangte  9'
Lalruatpuia  49'		 Report  11' Shahrul Akmal
 16' Hadi Fayyad
 90+3' Aep Maulana
24 February 2016 AIFF U19 4–2 Frenz UnitedBarasat Stadium
16:30 Prosenjit Chakroborty  21'
Baoringdao Bodo  46', 62'
Bedashwor Singh  47'		 Report  62' Hadi Fayyadh
 65' Dody Alfayed
25 February 2016 Mohun Bagan 0–2 DSK AcademyMohun Bagan Ground
16:30 Report  19' (pen.) Lallianzuala Chhangte
 59' Sk Asiruddin
26 February 2016 Mohammedan 0–5 Frenz UnitedBarasat Stadium
16:30 Report  18' Hadi Fayyadh
 43' Dody Alfayed
 55', 89' Shahrul Akmal
 85' Aizat Mukhlis
28 February 2016 Mohun Bagan 0–1 Frenz UnitedMohun Bagan Ground
16:30 Report  12' Aep Maulana
28 February 2016 Mohammedan 2–5 AIFF U19Barasat Stadium
16:30 Diptanu Das  29'
Sanu Hazra  90+2' (pen.)		 Report  9', 70' Bedashwor Singh
 38' Edmund Lalrindika
 55' Baoringdao Bodo
 90+1' Prosenjit Chakraborty

Knockouts
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 2 March 2016
 
 
 AIFF U192 (6)
 
 6 March 2016
 
 Crystal Palace F.C.2 (5)
 
 AIFF U192
 
 3 March 2016
 
 Tata Football Academy3
 
 Tata Football Academy1
 
 
 Frenz United0
 

Semi-finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
AIFF U19 (6) 2–2 (5) Crystal Palace
Tata Football Academy 1–0 Frenz United

Semi-final 1
2 March 2016 AIFF U19 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)		 Crystal PalaceMohun Bagan Ground
16:30 Bodo Baoringdao  21' (pen.)
Prosenjit Chakraborty  45'		 Report  52' Francis Baptiste
 80' Kian Flanagan

Semi-final 2
3 March 2016 Tata Football Academy 1–0 Frenz UnitedMohun Bagan Ground
16:30 Seino Kuki  36' Report

Finals
6 March 2016 AIFF U19 2–3 (a.e.t.) Tata Football AcademyMohun Bagan Ground
16:30 Baoringdao Bodo  31'
Jerry Lalrinzuala  90+4'		 Report  44' (pen.), 72' Shubham Ghosh
 100' (o.g.) Jerry Lalrianzuala

Statistics
As of 2 March 2016

Top scorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Francis Baptiste Crystal Palace 6
Baoringdao Bodo AIFF Academy
2
Lallianzuala Chhangte DSK Shivajians 5
Prosenjit Chakraborty AIFF Academy
3 Bedashwor Singh AIFF Academy 4
4 Hadi Fayyad Frenz United 3
Levi Lumeka Crystal Palace
Sandip Bhattacharjee United SC
Shahrul Akmal Frenz United

References
  1. "LG partners IFA for LG IFA Shield U-19 Tournament 2015-2016". Football News India. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. "Bhaichung Bhutia Wants IFA Shield to be U-17 Tournament in 2017". Sports NDTV. 2 February 2016. Archived from the original on 23 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  3. "Goa to host IFA Shield matches". The Times of India. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  4. "TFA U-19 Defeated AIFF U-19 To Clinch The IFA Shield". Sports NDTV. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
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